MESSAGE Not Of This World

"You are not of this world." - St. John 15:19a 


 "You are not of this world. You are an 'alien', so to speak. You are a stranger; a foreigner, to this world.

Be 'in' this world, but be not 'of ' it. You are not your own, you were bought with a Price. My Son paid the Price for you. He has paid the ultimate Ransom. He has made the everlasting Exchange ... His life for yours. 


He died that you may live. You have accepted this fact. You have asked, invited, prayed - for Messiah, My Son, to inhabit your heart; your spirit. He has accepted your invitation. He has come to dwell within you. You are part of His celestial body. 

Again, you are not of this world. 


You are a pilgrim travelling through a foreign, strange land. You are just passing through. This is not your home. Heaven is your home. 
--pause- 


Enter My presence with joy ... with thanksgiving. This is not (merely) a trite saying: it is survival for you. You 'must' praise Me ... for your own good! It is not an option: it is mandatory.


Am I a hard taskmaster? The reason for My command is for 'your' benefit, not to punish you! It is for your well-being ... (for) your connection with Me. Praise is a divine connection. It is 'plugging into' My atmosphere! You need My power. I tell you the way. Now, plug in!" 



 ©strengthfortheweak

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Definitions:

celestial = pertaining to the spiritual or (the) invisible Heaven; heavenly; divine
trite = commonplace, mediocre, ordinary, general
taskmaster = one assigning work; overseer  
peculiar = special, treasure, jewel (Hebrew); special, one's own, purchased, possession (Greek)
alien = foreigner, stranger 



Scriptures: 
John 8:23b  "...I am not of this world." 

John 15:19  "If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of this world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." 

John 17:14   "I have given them Thy Word; and the world hates them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." 

John 18:36a  "...My kingdom is not of this world....

Romans 12:2   "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and  acceptable perfect will of God."

John 3:31 "He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth: He that comes from Heaven is above all."    

I John 2:15   "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world system), the love of the Father is not in him." 

I Peter 2:9   "But you are a chose generation, a royal priesthood, a Holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of Him who has called you out of the darkness into His marvelous light..." 
*Note: In I Peter, the Apostle Peter is speaking to the early group of believers, who were Jewish ... as well as to the non-Jewish (Gentiles)

MESSAGE He Is a Concerned Father Part 1

" Great is my faithfulness. My compassions are new every morning. Morning begins after midnight.


*** Many miss My blessings and My words because they try to 'schedule' Me. They try to 'fit' Me into their timetables. What foolishness! My time is not your time. My creation cannot tell Me when to work, when to speak, when to save, when to heal, when to rain, etc.


*** Presumption is useless. My ways are not your ways. My wisdom is foolishness in man's eyes ... (and) to the world. In contrast, those things highly esteemed by the worldly are abominations to Me. They stink in My nostrils.


*** Yes, you may pour out all your complaints before Me. (That's what I'm here for! I listen to My children. I am an empathetic Father.)


*** Yes, I will listen to your worries, fears, questions, ideas, dreams, etc. I am not a God that is far off or made of stone. I see, hear, smell, taste, touch, feel, create, sing, laugh, speak, listen. I am a personable God. I am your Father. You belong to Me, and I to you.


*** Many misunderstand the Father's love. They only believe in a father's wrath and punishment. I am a concerned Father: I have your best interests at heart. I want good things for all My children. But, My plans are not always your plans.


***** Many people do not always understand My workings in their lives. They become angry, bitter, hardened, jealous, offended. They must believe and seek Me and My plans ... and see My hand is upon them ... and My Spirit is leading them.


*** If they seek Me ... they will continue to find Me. The converse is also true: if they do not seek Me, then they will not find Me.


***** Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but I will deliver them out of them all. Have patience. Have faith.


*** My people are like dry bones: parched, dead, in need of life and water. They need My River of Living Waters...My Fountain of Life. I will enable those I call.

--pause--

 Purity and piety are not the same thing. One may appear 'pious' and 'religious' ... but inwardly be a ravening wolf.


*** Those pure in heart will be searchers of truth ... and will face opposition, pain and rejection. (Narrow is the gate ...).


*** You cannot put Me in a box. You cannot contain Me in a 30-minute sermon. I cannot be 'housed' in a steepled building. Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.

--pause--

Defenders of the faith will not always 'jive' with the churches. My SPIRIT is often in opposition to (the) staid religious spirits of fear-ridden traditions.


*** It is time to break out! Break down the walls of religion and of controlling hierarchies. Seek Me ... the Living God. You will not find Me among the dead. I am alive! My HOLY SPIRIT is alive (!) and moving (!) and tangible (!) You can feel My SPIRIT!"



(Message continued in Part 2)



staid = sedate, respectable, unadventurous, quiet, serious, steady, conventional, traditional, grave, somber, proper, formal, stuffy, prim, boring, predictable, routine, dull ritual

compassion =  feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others; empathetic action; caring, sympathetic, loving, lenient, understanding, sensitive, big-hearted, merciful, benevolent, humanitarian, considerate, thoughtful, generous, charitable, helping, listening,tolerant, warm, gentle, kind, tender, softhearted, Godly, good-natured, patient; like Jesus

MESSAGE He Is a Concerned Father Part 2

"I am not some dried-out, dead service. I am not a religion. I am not a ritual. So many think they have Me 'pegged' ... but they are in for a rude awakening.


*** So, to those with an ear ... hear what the Spirit is saying. Awake ... to those who 'slumber'. Awake to life!


*** Cast off the works of darkness: (the) works of religiosity ... and of man. Look for Me. Look for your Saviour. Look for your Comforter.


*** Where do you begin to look? Look in My Word. Look to Me ... look to Me in your heart ... in your cries to Me.     
 Look for the unexpected. Look for freedom. Look for yokes of sin, disease and demonic being broken off people's lives. Where My Spirit is, there is liberty!


***** Beware of counterfeits, (but) ask for My discernment. Seek My wisdom. This is not for all. Few will have patience or endurance to continue in my Word. They will join the masses and go on with their religious charade. This is sad.



*** But ... to those who press on and are true seekers of My Truth ... they will be rewarded. I am a rewarder of those who diligently seek Me.


***** I am burning out the dross. Yes, although you have been in the furnace of affliction, yet you shall come forth as gold. My glory shall be seen upon you, My children ... My brave children.  Remember I care for you.


*** You (and others all over the earth) have suffered the loss of all things.

 --pause--

 But in your loss, you have gained all ... for you gained Me, your Lord.


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For what shall it profit man if he gains the whole world and yet loses his soul?

*** The things of this earth are passing away. There will be new heavens and (a) new earth. The old is becoming new.


*** It is wise to think of the future ... of eternity. It is wisdom to apply your heart to seek things above, and not below. It is My wisdom for you to set your affections on things unseen ... for the invisible things are eternal.


*** You are not of this world. You are an 'alien' passing through. This world is not your home. You are looking toward a Heavenly city ... to Paradise in the Heavenly sphere.


*** Yes, the earth and it's ways are temporal, but My kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.

--pause--

Forever My Word is settled in Heaven. My plans are established. My purposes will be accomplished. "




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personable = having a pleasing personality, friendly; converse = opposite;
piety = a show of religious devotion; false devotion
ravening = greedily searching/hunting for prey, fierce, savage, violent, devouring
jive = harmonize, conform, correspond
hierarchies = graded ranks of church government (man-made)
yoke = bondage, subjection; oppression
discernment = accurate perception, clear recognition;
alien = foreigner, unearthly, stranger; not of this world, outcast
dross = rubbish, refuse, slag, waste, uselessness
affliction = a state of pain, distress, grief; torment, oppression;
continued pain of body/mind (sickness, loss, calamity, persecution);presumption = assumption that something is true 
empathetic = entering into the feeling/spirit of a person, understandingpious = having/showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or religious matters; outward religious appearancestaid = sedate, bland, a colorless kind of correctness, composed type of conduct, fixed in manner; spiritual deadness



*from a message "dictated spiritually" on 7/6/2006

MESSAGE Freedom of Choice

"There is no 'chance' in Heaven.  There is no 'gambling' or 'risk taking' to get to Heaven.  There is no *buying* your soul (or another's).  There is no 'deal' to get into Heaven.

There is no 'lottery' or 'sweepstakes'  to 'win' a 'prize' of eternal life.

It is a simple choice.  A decision.  A matter of will.  You decide.  You choose.  You 'will your will' to either enter Heaven or to enter Hell.

I have given you the choices.  I have made My way clear.  I have written and preserved them (choices) in My Book for you to read.

I have not made it difficult.  It is a clear decision.  (The devil has distorted, perverted, devised deception, and (has) confused you.)

I, by My Spirit, am opening up the way to Heaven.  It is The Choice all have to either accept ... or reject.  The plain and simple choice is:  Do you choose Jesus My Son?  Do you choose to believe Him?  Do you choose to accept what He did for you?

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Let's review:

     Jesus My Son was crucified for you.  He died on a cross for you.  He took the sins of the world onto Himself on the Cross.  He died that you may live.  He offers new life, forgiveness of all sin, freedom from sin and Satan.  He gives joy, peace, love, and life eternal in the Paradise of God Almighty.  He represents God to you.  He is God in the flesh:  Emmanuel ... God with us.

He is love.  He is compassion.  He is mercy.  He is grace.

He loves you more than you could ever fathom.  His love is abundant and lavish.  He is (like) a great, rare, treasure ... to be desired above all.

He is precious, and He treats you as His Royalty.  He is the Saviour of the world.  (He especially wants the Jewish people to know He is The Messiah ...  and He loves them dearly.)

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Loneliness will be your fate without Jesus.  Utter fear, terror, abandonment - and deep, tortuous darkness - will be your lot, your portion, your choice ... if you reject His love.

You can claim to be at ease, and in pleasure on this earth, but that will fade. That will end. This life is temporary.  The world (ruled by Satan, the greatest liar) will mock you and tell you that hell is not real, but why would you believe mere, mortal man?

Would you trust your eternal soul to a mere human?  To a man? A person?

*******

Choose wisely.  Choose while there is time.  Choose before you take your final breath.

Choose Jesus Christ before you die.  (That is His final offer.  What more can He do?)"

* from a message received on 11/1/1999

fate = destiny, future

fathom = understand

{Writer's thoughts:
  The love & reality of God is often terribly misrepresented by various religious systems, denominations, politics, cultural groups and confusing man-made church tradition.  Do NOT put your trust in any person ...in any leader.... or in any church. 

 Ask God to show you the love of Jesus.  Ask Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit.  Ask Him to make (the) Bible scriptures real and alive to you.  Ask Him to open up your understanding;  to give you revelation & knowledge supernaturally.

 Ask for wisdom, knowledge, awareness...for His supernatural peace.  Most of all, ask Him for His friendship.  He said He will never leave us ... and we are promised eternal life in His Holy, glorious, wonderful Paradise of Heaven.

   So why take a chance on going to hell?  Even if you don't know for sure if there is a hell ... why take a deadly risk?
 It is stupid to *follow the crowd* ... when the crowd is blind ... and falling off a cliff ... into a possible real, eternal damnation and eternal separation from God, and love, and light.

Read the Holy Bible for yourself. Ask God to show you if He is real.  Seek Him. Find out the truth for yourself.}

MESSAGE A Whisper & A Shout

 "I Whisper and I Shout"


I have power to give life ... and to take it away.
I create storms ... and (I) calm storms.

I open the mouth of the dumb (the mute)  ...  and I make the wise talker silent.
I condemn and I justify.

*****

I still (quiet) the raging sea  ... and I send tempests. (tumultuous upheavals)

I save and I destroy.
I whisper and I shout.

-pause-

I hasten (hurry) ... and I wait.

I am in all (all in all),  above  all,  and am all.  I am that I am.  I am.

I bring comfort ... and I bring distress.  I make diviners mad ... and I restore sanity (to the repentant.)
(diviners = mediums, psychics, sorcerers, etc.)

I send locusts ... and I send doves.  I bring the sweet spring rain ... and I bring the floods.

I give (you) songs in the night ... and I bring the death rattle.

(^ self-explanatory)

{Note:  I just write what I "hear" in my mind/spirit)

*****

Consider the fowls of the air.  Now think about the rhinoceros.  Did I not create both?
Both are products of My invention.

-pause-

Spiders.  Snakes.  Ladybugs.  Butterflies.  (I like variety in My creation.)

Juniper trees.  Chestnut trees.  Begonias.  Dandelions.  (More variety ...)

Black skin.  White skin.  Asian.  Indian.  (My people are varied also!)

-pause-

Fauna and flora.

Stars, planets, galaxies.

Sandy beaches, barren vistas.
(vista = view, scene, landscape, scenery)

*****

Jagged mountain ranges.

Serene countryside meadows.

Rushing rapid waterways.

Still, calm, trickling streams.

Tropical, lush, rain forests.

Arid  desert lands.
(See? More and more variety...)

The more you learn of Me, the more your vision will be enlarged.
The Creator cares for His Creation.  The Creator cares for you.

*****

Do not fear eternity.  It will be wonderful for you.  It is wonderful now.
It is timeless.
There is no death in My Heaven.  No sorrow, no pain, no loneliness.
It is Paradise."




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* from a message 'heard' on 10/16/2004


(justify = to pronounce judgement upon, to bring justice to, to defend)

Dead 2 Hours, visits Heaven! - Dean Braxton

Skillet- A Little More (with lyrics)

perfect love casts out fear

...God is Love

TobyMac - I just need U.

The Afters - Well Done (Lyric Video)

Lady in wheelchair suffering from painful arthritis walks pain free afte...

Northeast USA 'Revival' MESSAGE

*winds strong outside, writer feels deep loneliness....

6:22am 2/9/19


I 'hear':

"The northeast needs a revival."

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"Yes, the north east of America ... needs a revival ... a revival of souls ... an awakening ....a rush to life .... a new, new beginning ... yes, another chance at life.

Many, many are suffering .... sickness abounds .... addictions run freely ... lives are lost ... joy is gone ....

Many are hurting.  Many are screaming in the lonely silence .... others are desperate for some peace ....

Where is God? they ask ....
Where is Jesus? Where is relief .... where is the end to the pain, to the suffering?

Most have given up.  Most have 'quit' the faith ... yes, faith is rare to find among them.


-pause- 6:27am


Is there any hope?  Is there?  Is there faith to be found?  Is God among them?  Will He touch them, or have they been forsaken?

Has the God of their fathers past forsaken them?  Has He left them to die in their sins? 

Are they being 'punished' for their sins;  for their 'lack of faith'?


Will they ever see the light again?  Will they see God?


*Matthew 11:28  "Come unto me, all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

Come unto Me, yes! ... Come to Me, says the Lord.

Come, all you that are weary, that are tired, that are in pain ...

Come to Me, all (you) that need salvation ... all that need a Saviour .... all (you) that want to be free ...

Yes, come freely -- come to Your Saviour ... for I have NOT forsaken you ... I have NOT left you comfortless ...

I will yet come to you, again!  I LOVE YOU, with an everlasting love ... I have come to bring you life ... I have come to set you free ...

....My love knows no bounds ...My love has no 'official boundaries' ... I do not 'favor' the warmer climates ... I am no respecter of persons. 

My mercy is for ALL.

I am reminding you (and newly teaching others), that i am LOVE ....I am mercy ... I am forgiveness ... I am LIFE ... I am your LIVING HOPE ... I give you life, and (that) life more abundantly!

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*I John 4:4b  " ...greater is He that is in you (Me), than he (devil) that is in the world."

6:35am

I am your Healer ... I will do miracles amongst you .... I am a LIVING GOD ... I am the God of the LIVING ... I am giving you new life .... I am bringing JOY ... joy that you've never known!

My peace is NOT of this world .... it is far above ...it is a 'love of another kind' ... it is, indeed:  the peace that 'passes understanding'.  Come and find rest.

....Yes, I am going to visit you, says the Lord ...and yes, you may call it a 'revival' ... but it is more than a passing phase of excitement ... for My love is forever, says the Lord ...

(for) My mercy lasts (endures) forever ... for I am the Father of mercy ... daily I visit the earth with My tender mercies ... I shower down My love to all ...

...and i am seen by many ... yet -- many are still in darkness ... shrouded in sin and evil chains ... living lives of heavy burdens and shame and futility.

Many feel lost, feel hopeless, feel sorrow, feel defeated.   Many, many have turned against Me.

I see the sadness ... I feel the grief ... I hear the cries ...I hear the anger .... I feel every infirmity and twinge of disease.

I feel the wounds.  I feel the hurt.  I feel the intensity of the loneliness.

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-pause-

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but I will deliver them; out of them all, says the Lord. 

Let My love reign over you.  Let My peace cover you.  Let Me in.  Let Me in ... for I will show you My freedom ... I will give you My peace ... I will send My power to you ...

...I will 'blast' you with My love ... I will let you feel My peace ... I will give you hope ...  a real, living, vital hope!

Yes, I will be among you ... I will show Myself strong ... MY WIND will blow in your midsts ... I will recover the lost ... I will show My signs ... I will bring excitement to your lives ... I will bring purpose ... I will set the captives free!  ... for whom the Son (Jesus) sets free, is free indeed!  

My ways are NOT your ways, says the Lord.

...stand and watch ...

watch the skies ... watch the sky for Me ... for My signs ... I am sending signs from the Heavens ... I am showing you (of) My great power ... and My great creativity.

I WILL bless the northeast ... yes ... I will bless ... I am coming to save and to deliver.  I am coming to set the captives loose from their bondages ... (for)  My power is untethered ... 

it is Me ... I am ... I send My WORD ... I send My SPIRIT ... I send My SON  (JESUS) ... I send My angels ... I send My LOVE ....

(for) My perfect love casts out all fear! 

...Fear not! says the Lord ... Fear not! ... I love you, My son ... I love you, My daughter ... I will be your Father! ... I AM the Father of the Fatherless ... and many, many-- have been without the love and care of a father .... have been left without a parent ... have been counted as 'orphans' ... have been forsaken, in many ways ...

I see you ... and I know you ... I have seen your tears ... I have heard your prayers ....

...Lean onto Me ... Lean on Me ... says the Lord ... I will be your Father .... I will protect you ... I will lead you to everlasting life ... both here and NOW ... and int he after life! 

I will NOT leave you comfortless ... for My HOLY SPIRIT is the Great Comforter!

...Yes, yes, yes, yes ... MY SPIRIT is coming to you, says the Lord ...MY SPIRIT is bringing new Life ... to YOU. 

message ended @ 6:56am

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Scriptures:

Psalm 39:14 "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD deliverers him out of them all."

John 8:36  "If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed."

II Kings 20:5b  "...I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears..."

I John 4:18b  "...perfect love casts out fear..."

Matthew 11:28 "Come unto Me, all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

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© 2/9/19 strengthfortheweak

(forgive me for not posting this before ... I have had extra-extreme life problems, domestic violence, deaths in family, chronic serious illness, fighting addictions, paranormal attacks, etc)

Singing for old nan ..

Donnie Swaggart - Church... Wake Up!

Incurable Cancer Healed by Mysterious Presence | Bill & Jo Lawson | It's...

MESSAGE "You Will See" (updated)

You Will See

6:19am

"You will see ...

you will see again ...

you will see clearly ...

I will take the darkness away from your sight ...

-pause-

you will see light ... you will see clear, clear, clear! ... you will see clearer than before ...

in your darkness, you have learned MUCH ... it has taught you MUCH .... you have "learned the hard way"

... but, yes -- you have indeed been through a dark tunnel ... yet the light is (still) up ahead ... the light is ahead! .... it is ahead of you ... can you begin to see any of it yet ?

6:22am

-pause-

... the light will grow clearer

... it will be more evident to you ... yes -- it will! 

-pause-

I John 4:4b "...greater is He (Me) that is in you, than he (devil) that is in the world."

... yes, I am still with you ... I am here .... NOW....

6:25am

*from Psalm 34:19   ".... many ARE the afflictions of the righteous"...YES .... but I will deliver you from them all ...."

*from I Peter 5:7  "...Cast ALL your cares upon Me, for I DO care for you!"

I  WILL make a way for you ... you will see... YOU WILL SEE ....

*from Isaiah 59:19  "When the enemy comes in like a flood, I WILL lift up a standard against him, says the LORD ....says My SPIRIT!

-pause-

... the greater the darkness, the brighter the light (will be) ... the distinction, the difference -- will be more apparent 

... you will see the variation of the darkness, as compared to My upcoming brightness ...

... the light will dissolve the darkness ... the dark times:  the dark and lonely moments;  the dark decade(s) ... will be infused with My light ... for I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD ....

*from Matthew 11:28  ..."Come unto Me, all  you who are weary (tired, exhausted) 

... and I WILL give you rest ... I will restore you ...I will show you the way(s) of life, of My light... of My glory ...

My presence will be with you once again, but in more direct ways ---> more evident

 ... My anointing WILL rest upon you
... it will be evident ... I will show you ... you will see ... you will see ...

I will indeed open your eyes ...!!!

... I will open your sight :  your eyes to see ... to see into My world ... to see ME ... to see My Glory ...

6:34am

-pause-

yes...I am more than 'magic' ... I am greater than (any) magic!! ... My power(s) are indeed greater ... can you believe Me...? 

... can you dare to believe Me ? ... can you believe, and have raw faith ...?  ... will you LET ME show you ?

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.... SO RISE ABOVE  the dark murderous mists of (the) evil .... RISE UP, RISE UP !!

... kill the evil thoughts with My light ... with My strong, strong, pure LOVE

 

... (My) 'Perfect love casts out (all) fear' !!! ... from I John 4:18b

you have been feeling the pangs of death, YET you shall STILL LIVE, says the LORD

... I am doing many, many 'resurrections' ... I am raising DEAD things to LIFE ... I can, and I will......

6:38am

.... as you walk through the 'valley' ... the dark, lonely valley(s) ... those evil, lonely valleys ... the valleys of death ....

-- those dim, lonely, fearful, scary, empty, hollow, lonely valleys of the shadow ... of the dark shadows ... of the shadows of DEATH ....

 I say:  FEAR NOT --!! ..... do not fear anymore!

 .... for, even in death, I am with you ... and I am bringing light to the end of that dark, miserable trap:  that darkness that has tried to envelop you and to smother you and crush you .... that smothering, choking darkness HAS TO FLEE

... it ALL has to flee, in the presence of My GLORIOUS LIGHT! 

... (For) My light has POWER! ... My light is ME ... it is My glory, My presence, My being

... I WILL help you to OVERCOME ALL the evil 'wiles' (tricks, traps) of the enemy!! 

... yes, I am bringing you out (and many others; who have been trapped in the darkness)

 ... YES,  YES,  YES ...

I am bringing you forth ---->

I am leading you out ... for "My sheep know My voice"...

they may have fallen, rebelled -- due to hurt(s), rejection(s), etc .... BUT -- I am their FATHER:  their father FOREVER !!

I am the "Father of the Fatherless"--- -- I love My "lost sheep" ....

... yes, I will 'leave the flock; the flock of 99'  ... to go find My lost ones ... My hurting ones ... My lost son ... My lost baby ... My lost daughter(s) 

... all My children who are hurt, crushed; near to total destruction ... those deep in the 'mire(s) ... those over-powered by the evil one(s)

...Yes, yes, yes and yes ... I will leave the 99  ... and go forth and will FIND you ......

I will find that one: so near to death -- I WILL be with him ... I WILL be with YOU----

YOU WILL SEE

YOU WILL SEE

© 11-30-18 strengthfortheweak

*message ended @ 6:47am

**Scripture reference(s)

Matthew 18:12b    ".... if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goes into the mountains, and seeks that which is gone astray?"

Psalm 23:4   "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me."

Luke 24:31   "And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him; and He vanished out of their sight."

Isaiah 59:19b   "...When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

Acts 10:38    "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him."

Isaiah 10:27   "And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing."

I John 4:4b    "....greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world."

Rich Mullins - Hold Me Jesus

David Meece - The Water is Fine - Candle in the Rain - 1987

THE WATER IS FINE - David Meece

I came upon a river
I came upon a man
All clad in camel's hair
With a staff held in his hand
He broke the silence quickly
He seemed to know my name
He said "Boy keep your shirt on
but let me help take off these chains"
What kind of man is this
What kind of man is this
He said walk right in (Oh no it don’t get better)
Walk right in
The water is fine
The water is fine
It was a dark day in December
My skin did feel a chill
He said the water is safe and warm
It's just a matter of will
I cried "Who are you mister
and what do I owe this dream"
He said "I’m a voice crying in the wilderness
I’ve come to wipe your slate clean"
What kind of words are these
And what kind of man is this
He said walk right in (Oh no it don’t get better)
Walk right in
The water is fine
The water is fine
You have been high and dry and afraid to get wet
Take a chance on Jesus and wash your debts
Now hush your mouth and swallow your pride
Take a leap in the Jordan and come alive
He said walk right in (Oh no it don’t get better)
Walk right in
The water is fine
The water is fine
You have been high and dry and afraid to get wet
Take a chance on Jesus and wash your debts
Now hush your mouth and swallow your pride
Take a leap in the Jordan and come alive

Coming Back Soon by Randy Stonehill

Russ Taff - Breathe Life Into Me

MESSAGE You Are My Bride * updated

You are My bride


You are My bride... you are My beloved

.... I have loved you with an everlasting love... My love is real...
 it is a real thing... for I am love 'personified'...
 I am the meaning of love..."God is love"

.... My love is not of this earth... it is much stronger... do you know My love?.... do you realize I really do love you?


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a friend loves at ALL times... I am that friend... I do not turn you away... I am not a 'fair weather' friend

... I am loyal... have I not said (that) I will 'never leave you... nor forsake you'...?
I am eternal... My love is eternal... your spirit is also eternal
.... we will be friends throughout eternity.... can you fathom that fact?

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as a friend...  I care for you... and I am a friend with 'connections'.... {haha}
.... I have 'friends in high places '.... I have angelic assistants.... and I have 'big time' powerful friends


.... actually, I know the 'biggest, best friend' you could ever want ...or need....
yes.... I am speaking of My Father... The Most High... He is also your friend.....

as is My Spirit.... for We three work together..... in 'synch'
.... in complete unison.... We are Three.... your three most powerful friends !!!


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so... remember Me... remember My love and concern.... 
always know that I am here... I am by your side... through 'thick and thin'

....  I am your eternal, invisible (usually),  most powerful, most loving,  most loyal,  most 'knowing'  best friend (that) you could ever want....

....for, yes-  I know all about you... I know the good, as well as the bad....
I see your sin(s)... yet I continue to love you.... and desire the best for you....

... yes... I want you to be healed... and to be free... and to have peace....I want you to feel love -- and to give love

....  I want all of My children to 'prosper'.... as in all ways.... 
not just monetary

... I want you to know the 'peace that passes understanding'.... which is MY peace

... I want you to feel My real love... My real care for you... 
and My real freedom


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.... so... talk to Me.... tell Me all your concerns... all your problems... all your fears

... you can always 'pour out your complaint ' before Me

.... I will listen.... I see your tears... I hear your prayers... do you know this?



... do you know I can 'speak' to you?....
.... many do not realize this...
they never quiet themselves...

they never 'listen' for My Spirit..... (you are 'listening' now...as you write these words)


... I am not referring to an audible 'voice'... (although I can use this method, if need be).... but I am mainly speaking within your 'inner man'
... within your spirit..... in your (inner) soul.... in your thoughts

... as you are still before Me.... as you are seeking Me... 
as you are waiting upon Me



.... .I may speak in many other ways as well...  I speak through the remembrance of My Word.... 

.... My Spirit can bring My Scriptures to your memory... or even speak them to you for the first time... He will lead you into all truth... as you are willing and obedient... and as you are led by Him....


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I may speak with the elements... with nature... with storms...
with lightning... with thunder
... yes... all are at My avail
... I use the winds... the rains... animals... birds... the sun, stars, moon.... all of it is at My disposal

... I may use music.... songs.....

... and I may employ a small whisper... or a 'knowing'.... an assurance from 'above'.... I  can give gentle 'proddings'...as well as fierce warnings

... some people will only listen when faced with desperate situations and conditions... some are very spiritually 'deaf & dumb'... they have no spiritual awareness
... they have hardened their hearts, minds, sense... to all of My utterances


so... if you 'have an ear to hear'''... then please listen for Me..... 

listen for yourself... do not rely on others....

My sheep know My voice.... they will not follow another... (it should be so... but sadly, it is not always happening among My children)


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humble yourself before Me..... listen.... cry out... speak with Me as a Friend....

... I will listen..... and I may even speak......